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Powering Singapore’s genomic research with AWS and Illumina

Precision medicine is a data-driven approach that considers individual variations in genetics to allow healthcare professionals to more accurately predict, prevent, diagnose, or treat different groups of people. As part of ongoing research to advance genomic research in Singapore, companies like HAQM Web Services (AWS) and Illumina play a pivotal role in genome sequencing and analysis, and providing the tools and technology needed to analyse large-scale genomic datasets to help decode the risk factors for certain Asian-specific chronic diseases.

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AWS Verified Access in a TIC 3.0 architecture

Federal agencies can use HAQM Web Services (AWS) to meet Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0 requirements. To facilitate this, AWS has published detailed architectural overlays that demonstrate how to effectively implement TIC 3.0 guidelines within AWS deployments. AWS Verified Access (AVA) is a cloud-based service that enables secure access to applications without requiring the use of a virtual private network (VPN). It evaluates each application request and gives users access to each application only when they meet the specified security requirements. AVA supports TIC 3.0 requirements in the areas of configuration management, centralized log management, strong authentication features, resilience, and policy enforcement. Read this post to learn more.

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Agile satellite communication ground systems with HAQM EC2 F2 FPGA solutions

In this post, we provide technical guidance to help satellite operators build, deploy, and analyze satcom waveforms on HAQM Web Services (AWS). Details are provided about the orchestration of multiple waveforms, including an example of one HAQM Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Image being swapped in for another. We analyze the FPGA utilization and metrics in HAQM CloudWatch and HAQM QuickSight, and validate network performance against system latency requirements. Finally, we recommend actions you can take to build an agile satcom strategy.

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How to build a multilingual document summarization application using HAQM Bedrock

In this post, we showcase a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application that can search and query across multiple Indian languages using the Cohere Embed – Multilingual model and Anthropic Claude 3 on HAQM Bedrock. This post focuses on Indian languages, but you can use the approach with other languages that are supported by the large language model.

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Migrating to a multi-account strategy for public sector customers

A multi-account strategy is important for HAQM Web Services (AWS) public sector customers because it is the foundation of cloud governance and compliance. Public sector customers using a shared account model can improve security and operational efficiency by adopting a multi-account strategy. In this post, we explore methods for existing AWS public sector customers to prepare for and migrate to a multi-account environment.

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Moving from AWS CodeCommit or HAQM S3 to external configuration repositories for Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS

Organizations deploying the Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) on AWS solution, provided by HAQM Web Services (AWS), often face challenges in managing and versioning their configuration files. In this post, we explore how to use GitHub as a configuration file repository for the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS solution, allowing better version control, collaboration, and automation in your LZA deployments.

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How HAQM Bedrock helped the UK’s Governors for Schools generate meaningful insights

Governors for Schools is a charity operating across England and Wales to find and place volunteers on school and academy governing boards. HAQM Web Services (AWS) has worked with Governors for Schools by providing financial support, in addition to more than 100 AWS employees applying to take on school governance roles, providing much needed technical expertise in education. But in this post, we explain how Governors for Schools used HAQM Bedrock to process unstructured documents and generate meaningful insights into UK schools.

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Building your first generative AI conversational experience on AWS

HAQM Web Services (AWS) offers a variety of options for building chat-based assistants with generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The goal of this post is to present in simple words some of these options and what to keep in mind to decide which to use and how to get started.

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Streamlining naturalization applications with HAQM Bedrock

Public sector organizations worldwide face a common challenge: processing an ever-growing volume of document-heavy applications across various services. From naturalization procedures to asylum applications and university admissions, many crucial processes still rely on manual or partially manual methods, leading to significant backlogs, extended processing times, and increased costs. This post explores how HAQM Bedrock can be used to address these challenges, focusing on streamlining naturalization applications.

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How Penn State built an all-in-one campus resource app on Modo Labs’ development platform using AWS

In 2019, Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) began looking for a better way to meet the needs of its digital-native student population—specifically, a seamless way to connect students with on-campus resources. Seeking to create a personalized mobile app experience, Penn State partnered with Modo Labs, an educational technology company (EdTech) offering a no-code app-building platform powered by HAQM Web Services (AWS). The result of this collaboration was Penn State Go, an all-in-one platform that quickly connects students to vital resources and services.